1 Timothy 3:2-4
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2 Yea and a bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, respectable; who is welcoming toward others and giving of shelter; able to teach; 3 not drunken, no fighter; not given to the love of money, but gentle, abhorring quarrels, abhorring covetousness; 4 and one who rules his own house well, having his children under obedience with all respectfulness.
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1 Timothy 3:2-4
New International Version
2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach,(A) faithful to his wife,(B) temperate,(C) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,(D) able to teach,(E) 3 not given to drunkenness,(F) not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,(G) not a lover of money.(H) 4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect.(I)
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- 1 Timothy 3:4 Or him with proper
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